Speaker Directory
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    Sonali Bhagwat
    Sr. Director, Security, Privacy and Data Governance, Adobe

    Sonali Bhagwat is Senior Director Adobe, leading global programs in Security Engineering, Privacy and Data Protection. With over 20 years of experience at Adobe, Twitter, and Microsoft, she has built scalable AI governance frameworks, privacy-by-design initiatives, and enterprise security capabilities. She holds a Bachelor’s in Engineering fr...

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    Bhaskar Bharat Sawant
    Senior Software Engineer, Cornerstone Building Brands

    Bhaskar Bharat Sawant is a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead at Cornerstone Building Brands with over 15 years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud development, and regulatory compliance. Bhaskar has led initiatives in AI-driven testing, data privacy engineering, and pricing automation across complex .NET and Azure ecosystems....

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    Ravi Bhatarai, Moderator
    Head of IT & Security, Pritzker Group

    With more than 15 years of leadership experience, Ravi brings deep technical expertise in IT, security, and cloud transformation, aligning technology initiatives with business strategy, operational resilience, and risk management.

    Ravi’s industry experience spans private equity, venture capital, manufacturing, and Fortune 500 organizat...

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    Gurinder Bhatti
    Principal Global Security Strategist, Okta

    Gurinder Bhatti is a Principal Global Security Strategist for Okta's pre-sales field teams. In his current role, he works with both customers and prospects in helping them understand the value proposition of Identity as a security strategy. Prior to Okta, Gurinder was an AVP of Cyber Security engineering at Moody’s and implemented numerous se...

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    David J. Bianco
    Staff Security Strategist, SURGe, Splunk
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    Titus Bickel
    Global Head of Cyber Training & Awareness, BlackRock

    Titus Bickel, CISSP, is Information Security's Global head of Cyber Training & Awareness. Titus manages firm-wide messaging of security policies and guidlines and offers annual compliance, virtual, and micro-trainings covering numerous security topics. Prior to his position with BlackRock, Titus produced intelligence and risk assessments for ...

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    Tom Bienkowski
    Director, Product Marketing, Arbor Networks

    Tom has been in the network and security field for over 20 yrs. During this time he worked for large enterprises as a Network Engineer and for multiple network management and security vendors where he has had roles in Sales Engineering /Management, Technical Field Marketing and Product Management. Currently at Arbor Networks he’s a Director o...

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    Brent Bigelow, Host
    President, Charlotte Metro ISSA Chapter

    Brent is a seasoned Cybersecurity Leader with 36+ years of IT and Information Security experience and a passion for enhancing Cybersecurity through awareness training, architecture design, thought leadership, policy, people, process, and technology. He has worked in many industries including healthcare, aviation, financial, government, automo...

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    Chip Bircher
    CTO, SOFTwarfare
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    William Birchett, Moderator
    Treasurer, ISC2 Dallas-Ft. Worth
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    Richard Bird
    Chief Security Officer, Singulr AI
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    Wally Bitout
    VP Global Business Development, Seclore

    Wally Bitaut has worked in the content and collaboration industry for over 30 years, starting with FileNet Corporation (now an IBM Company) in Executive Leadership roles across Marketing, Sales, Product Management, Professional Services, and as a Board member. Today, Wally is the Global VP of Business Development at Seclore. His focus is to c...

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    Jay Bivens
    Sr. Systems Engineer - GA, Gigamon

    Jay Bivens started his technology career working in IT stationed aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1) back in 1993. With a background expertise in email security and Advanced Threat Protection, his career spans several areas including Cloud Access Security Brokers, Web Application Firewalls, and Application Delivery Controllers. Jay has earned GIAC Ce...

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    Brian Black
    Director of Sales Engineering, Deep Instinct

    Brian is a Philadelphia based Distinguished Sales Engineer with 20+ years of experience in Cybersecurity and Intelligence. Brian leads Deep Instinct’s security engineering team, overseeing North and South American territories. He is a thought leader and technology evangelist with a wealth of knowledge on AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learnin...

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    Doc Blackburn
    IT Risk and Compliance Manager/SANS Instructor, University of Colorado Denver/SANS Institute

    Doc Blackburn has over 30 years of experience in system and software design, server and network administration, and programming. Doc ran a successful consulting firm until he found his passion was in cybersecurity. He has vast experience at various levels of information technology from technical support to security leadership roles.

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    Kent Blackwell
    Director, Penetration Testing Team, Schellman

    Kent Blackwell is a Director at Schellman, helping lead their penetration testing and offensive security practice. Kent has over fifteen years of experience serving clients in a multitude of industries, including the Department of Defense and top cloud service providers. He got his start in penetration testing evaluating systems as a civilia...

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    Thomas Blade
    Presales System Engineer, Arctic Wolf
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    Michael Blaha
    Sr. Director, Cloud Operations, NucleusHealth

    Michael Blaha is currently Sr. Director of Cloud Operations and Security at NucleusHealth. Throughout his career, Michael has made a focus of integrating security and cloud native principles into his delivery and operations teams in both the healthcare payer and healthcare Software-as-a-Service space.

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    JP Blaho
    Market Insights Leader, Arbor Networks

    John Paul (JP) Blaho currently leads the Market Insights group for Arbor Networks, and is a seasoned Product and Solutions professional with more than 15 years in the product and services marketing ares in IT. With eight years focused specifically on network security solutions, JP has developed a focus on understanding the buyer journey for E...

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    Samuel Blaney
    Director Cybersecurity, Georgia Technology Authority

    Sam is the Director of Cybersecurity & Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) at GTA and is a Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) retired. Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) Office of Information Security (OIS) is the premier strategic partner for all state and local government organizations in support of a strong State Cyber Security posture. GTA OIS,...

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    Donovan Blaylock
    Sr. Director of Solutions, SecureAuth
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    Naheed Bleecker
    BISO, RWE
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    Erik Bloch
    VP, Information Security, Illumio

    Erik Bloch has been in the security field for nearly 35 years, starting his career in the U.S. Army before joining Cisco’s first security team and founding the CSIRT team. Over the years, he has led security efforts at major companies like Salesforce, Sprinklr, NTT, and Atlassian, as well as fast-moving startups such as SenSage, AppDirect, an...

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    Robert Block
    SVP, Identity Strategy, SecureAuth

    As a Senior Vice President of Identity Strategy at SecureAuth, Robert Block is responsible for helping execute on SecureAuth’s strategic vision. Considered a thought leader in IAM, Robert interacts with customers, vendors, and leading industry analysts on the state of Identity and Access Management on a regular basis. Robert has over 19 years...

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    Mark Bloom
    Director of Product Marketing, Security & Compliance, Sumo Logic

    Mark Bloom has more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development across financial services and high tech industries. His previous roles include Cisco, Compuware, SonicWall/Dell, Trend Micro and more.

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    Deborah Blyth
    CISO, State of Colorado
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    Robert Blythe
    VP, InfoSec & Technology Risk Manager, WWE

    Robert has over 30 years of Information Technology experience and has been a leader in the cybersecurity space for almost a decade. His areas of expertise are in Cybersecurity Operations and Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity Engineering, Information Security and Governance, Data Privacy and Compliance, and Technology Risk Management.

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    Brian Bobo
    CISO, Sun Country Airlines

    Brian Bobo is the Chief Information Security Office for Sun Country Airlines in Eagan, Minnesota. He is responsible for all aspects of the security and disaster recovery strategy, implementation, and effectiveness. Sun Country Airlines focuses on vacation destinations taking vacationers to the tropical beaches of Mexico, Costa Rica, and the...

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    Kevin Bocek
    VP, Security Strategy & Threat Intelligence, Venafi

    Kevin Bocek is a leading subject matter expert in machine identity protection. With more than 16 years in the IT security industry, Kevin has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post, among many others. Before joining Venafi in 2012, Kevin spent almost two decades working for several leading IT secu...

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    Brittany Bodane
    Senior Product Marketing Manager, AppOmni

    Brittany Bodane is a Senior Product Marketer at AppOmni, where she works closely with security leaders, customers, and partners to better understand and communicate evolving SaaS security challenges. She translates these insights into strategies and education that help organizations secure their SaaS environments. Passionate about learning fr...

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    Sridhar Boddula
    Head of Security Engineering, MassMutual

    Sridhar Boddula is a cybersecurity executive leader and Head of Security Engineering at MassMutual, where he leads enterprise security modernization across identity, cloud, and data protection, driving digital trust, operational resilience, and business-aligned cybersecurity transformation at scale.

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    Eric Bodkin
    Director, Endpoint Recovery Services, CrowdStrike

    Eric Bodkin leads the delivery of Endpoint Recovery Services for CrowdStrike. Based out of the greater Denver area, Eric leads service engagements focused on the rapid recovery and remediation of endpoints in response to a cyber incident. Eric has more than 15 years of experience in incident response, forensic investigation, cybersecurity ope...

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    Bjorn Boe
    Principal Solutions Engineer, Lacework

    Bjorn is a Principal Solutions Engineer at Lacework with over 20 years experience helping customers find better ways to build, run, manage and secure their software workloads.

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    Julie Boehl
    Director, Information Security, Southwestern Energy
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    Chris Boehm
    Global Field CISO, SentinelOne

    Chris Boehm currently works as the Global Field CISO at SentinelOne. As a cybersecurity thought leader, he drives strategy and works closely with some of the largest organizations in the world. Prior to SentinelOne, he was a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft in the Azure Security engineering division. In his 5 years at Microsoft, he focused...

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    Amy Bogac
    CISO, Baker Tilly US

    Amy Bogac was most recently the CISO and Vice President of Enterprise Security and Infrastructure at The Clorox Company. With a passion for securing great brands, Amy previously led the Global Information Security and Infrastructure department for CF Industries, was the Director of IT Security Operations for the Walgreen Company, a member of ...

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    Stas Bojoukha
    CEO, Compyl
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    Micki Boland
    Global Cybersecurity Architect & Check Point Evangelist, Check Point

    Micki Boland is a cybersecurity warrior and evangelist with Check Point Software Technologies Office of the CTO. A practitioner with 20 years in IT, cybersecurity, emerging technology innovation, Micki holds ISC2 CISSP, Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin, MBA with Global Security concentra...

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    Jennifer Bolling
    Regional Cyber Director, Executive & Professional Risk Solutions, USI Insurance

    Jennifer Bolling is a Regional Cyber Director for the EPS Practice within the Midsouth region and is based out of the Atlanta, GA office. Jennifer specializes in consulting and broking services for Cyber and Professional Liability and her responsibilities include assessment of exposures, coverage and program structure, strategic action plann...

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    Ashley Bolton
    CISO, Jefferson County, Colorado
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    Susan Bond
    Consultant, Advisory Services, Ernst & Young

    As a technical project leader for over 20 years, Susan Bond has delivered solutions across several industries including Energy, Technology, Logistics Real Estate, and Higher Education. Susan was the Technical Lead for the implementation of network, cybersecurity, visualization, SCADA, and analytics infrastructure during construction and trans...

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    Justine Bone
    Executive Director, Crypto ISAC

    Justine Bone is the Executive Director of Crypto ISAC, leading global collaboration on threat intelligence and resilience for the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem. A recognized leader in cybersecurity and risk management, she has driven major enterprise security initiatives at Bloomberg LP and Dow Jones, and previously served as CEO of...

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    Mia Boom-Ibes
    Vice President, Information Security Strategy, Innovation and Analytics, Allstate Insurance Company

    Mia Boom-Ibes is Vice President, Security Innovation, Strategy and Analytics, ATSV for Allstate Insurance Company. In this role, she is responsible for Allstate's cybersecurity strategy and priorities. She manages relationships with key business and technology stakeholders to ensure alignment and oversees architectural standards to enable con...

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    Steve Boone
    Head of Product, Checkmarx

    Over the last decade, Steve Boone has helped hundreds of global clients with their strategic adoption of secure DevOps best practices. A frequent speaker at DevOps Enterprise Summit, and DevOps World, Steve has shared his expertise on Secure Continuous Delivery, Value Stream Management, and Agile best practices. Today, Steve is the Head of Pr...

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    Derek Booth
    Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service

    U.S. Secret Service Supervisory Special Agent Derek Booth is a founding member and coordinator of the Mountain West Cyber Fraud Task Force (MWCFTF) which consists of 300+ members of federal, state and local law enforcement, network security personnel, private business owners, and academia partners in the Rocky Mountain Region. The MWCFTF’s m...

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    Billy Boozer
    VP of AI Strategy & Product Innovation, Dualboot Partners
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    Jonathan Borgesen
    Technical Director of Security, EchoStor

    As Technical Director of Security at EchoStor Technologies, Jonathan leads the organization’s comprehensive security practice. He focuses on building strong security programs that align with modern trends, ensuring customers meet both their security and business objectives.

    With more than 15 years of experience in the cybersecurity ind...

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    Brandon Borodach
    Field CTO, Sumo Logic

    Brandon K. Borodach is a cybersecurity thought leader and Field CTO at Sumo Logic, specializing in SIEM evolution, detection engineering, and cloud security. With deep expertise in security analytics, AI-driven threat detection, and multi-platform SIEM strategies, he has helped organizations modernize their security operations. Brandon has le...